Daniel Finn
Painting Statement
New Artist Statement
These days I think of my paintings as chapters in a larger project. I’m trying to create a sense of the light and forms of certain powerful places and the dynamics of energy I find there. That’s one part of my purpose. The other part is to engage in a process which is improvisational and expressionistic. The tension and balance between these aspects of my purpose seem to me to be what the paintings are about.
Over the years I’ve made many drawings, studies and finished paintings, en plein air (outdoors), of a range of recurring motifs from the south end of San Juan Island. This entails looking at things that are at relative distances to each other, then shifting focus to the work at hand. The subject and the object. A holistic occupation, utterly absorbing.
Now I’m spending more time painting in the studio than in the field. Memory and imagination. Equally absorbing. Ultimately, it’s still a kind of homage to the primal elements— to the earth, water and sky that we see around us, and to the Sun’s light that reveals it all
Idle Afternoon

Idle Afternoon
Watercolor on paper on panel || 8.5 x 12 || $ 485
Widow's Creek

Widow's Creek
Watercolor on paper on panel || 12 x 8.5 || $ 485
Zylstra Preserve

Zylstra Preserve
Watercolor on paper on panel || 11 x 15 || $ 585
Zylstra Dawn

Zylstra Dawn
Watercolor on paper on panel || 16 x 20 || $ 685
White Horse

White Horse
Watercolor on paper on panel || 11 x 15.5 || $ 585
Tumbling Melody

Tumbling Melody
Watercolor on paper on panel || 15.5 x 11 || $ 580
Temple Mount

Temple Mount
Watercolor on paper on panel || 16 x 20 || $ 685
October Farm

October Farm
Watercolor on paper on panel || 16 x 20 || $ 685
Nocturne

Nocturne
Watercolor on paper on panel || $ 585
Mountain Time

Mountain Time
|| 8.5 x 12 || $ 485
Long Ago

Long Ago
Watercolor on paper on panel || 16 x 20 || $ 685
Hillfort

Hillfort
Watercolor on paper on panel || 11 x 15 || $ 585
Daytime Comet

Daytime Comet
Watercolor on paper on panel || 16 x 20 || $ 685
Bridge to the Border

Bridge to the Border
Watercolor on paper on panel || 11 x 15 || $ 585
Small Farm

Small Farm
Watercolor on paper on panel || 12 x 9 || $ 485
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